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J. EASKER. AUTOMATIC FAUGBT.

No. 605,540. E Pat ented June 14, 189B.

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J. EASKER. AUTOMATIG'FAUGET.

No. 605,540. Patented June 14,1898.

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AUTOMATIC FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,540, dated June 14,1898. Application filed January 1 8, 19 7. Serial No. 6 1 9 5 5 8. (N6model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN EASKER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful' Improvements in Automatic Faucets, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved automatic faucet which may be placedin the bun g-hole of a cask or the mouth of a package and which may alsobe connected with the hose or with the discharge-opening of asupply-pipe and may then be turned on and the liquid allowed to flowuntil the cask or package is filled, when the faucet will beautomatically close The object of my invention is to provide anautomatic faucet which will act quickly and certainly and which iscomposed of few parts easily put together and adjusted and which may beeasily adapted for use either with still or fermented liquids; and theimprovement consists in certain details of construction and combinationsof parts hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a faucetillustrating my invention; Fig. 2,alongitudinalsection thereof upon areduced scale; Fig. 3, a plan of the faucet as shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4,a side elevation of a faucet, showing a modification of the faucet toadapt it for use with beer; Fig. 5, a longitudinal section of saidmodification applied to the bung-hole of a cask; Fig. 6, a sectionalplan in line w 00 of Fig. 5, and Figs. 7 and 8 are detailed views of thecap and cam-plate hereinafter described.

The first three figures of the drawings, as Well as the like parts shownin the remaining figures, will first be described.

The faucet consists of a main shellA, having a plug a to enter thesupply-pipe or bunghole of the supply-cask, and aspout A, intersectingthe same and having a dischargecylinder A which passes through thebunghole or neck of the receiving cask or vessel. The end of the shell Ais carried across the upper end of the spout A and terminates in an openend fitted with a screw-plug a, which allows the casing to be easilycleanedfrom the end. I

. The spoutA hasa series of vents a around the upper conical end a ofthe cylinder A through which the liquid passes from the faucet to thevessel to be filled. The cylinder A has an upper conical end aterminating in a long tube or cylinder a which passes up centrallythrough the spout A, and is provided for the escape therefrom of any airor gas which may be conductedinto the said cylinder. r

The upper end of the valve-stem b is adj ustably connected by a blockand clampscrew O, carrying a stud-pin o, with a trigger-lever D,pivotally connected at cl to apost A on the spigot A and adapted to actthrough swinging end of the handle E of a turning plug E, seated intheglobular section A of the shell A to fit and turn freely therein in anywell-known manner;

The handle E is connected at g to one end of a spiral spring G, whichencircles'the neck of the turning plug E and is fastened at its oppositeend g to the shell A of the faucet.

Thespring G is so adjusted that when it is left free to act it will pullthe handle at right angles to the shell, as shown by dotted lines, Fig.3, and close the turning plug. I/Vhen, however, the handle E is held inline with the shell A, as shown by full lines in the drawings, theturning-plug is open and discharges through the spout A. into thereceiving vessel. The lug e upon free end of the handle E is thenengaged with a spur f,

which projects upwardly from a detent camplate F, which latter ispivotally supported upon the stud (1 upon the end of the post A of thespigot-shell.

The trigger-lever D holds the detent cam plate F from turning whenpressed upon by the handle E by means of a spur d thereon, which engageswith a notch f upon the denovel intermediate means upon the free or Itent cam-plate F when the lever D is held in position with the floatdown. When, however, the vessel is sufliciently full to raise the float,the spur will be disconnected from the cam-plate and the spiral spring Gwill pull the handle and turning-plu g around with the vent closed, andthus shut off the flow of liquid at the proper time.

The post A has a stop-pin of projecting therefrom, which fits in arecess f of the detent cam-plate F and limits its oscillatory movement,and a spur f projecting upwardly from said cam-plateat a "suitabledistance from the spur f, and is acted upon by the handle when thetrigger D releases the'camw plate, the latter being thus turned untilthe spur f is in position to beacted upon by the free end of the handleE to turn the said cam-' plate F back until the spur d"ofthetriggerlever D engages with the notch f of the camplate, the spur fof said plate then serving to hold the handle from being turned back bythe spiral spring.

The spout A is fitted with lugs (1 above the aperture (t therein, whichrest upon the rim of the neck bung-hole of the vessel, and thus hold thespout in proper. position therein.

The faucet when used for beer or similar liquids requiring anopenspoutis constructed as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 of the drawings andconsists in a float-cylinder H, formed upon the outside of the mainspout A and provided with vents a at the upper end thereof. The stem 1)of the float B passes out through a hole in the upper end of thecylinder H, and the latter thus works freely thereinand is connectedadjustably to the endof the lever D, as in the first-describedconstruction. The open end of the spout A is covered with a membrane ongut from cattle, I, which keeps the beer from foaming and is held inplace thereon by a clamping-ring I, clamped around the spout.

In operation the spout is placed in the bung or neck of the receivingvessel, and the end of.the plug a at the end of the faucet is attachedin a suitable manner to the supply pipe or hose, the spur of thecatch-lever is held below the cam-plate projection 1, as shown in Fig.7, the float is raised, and the spur f is in position to be struck bythe swinging end of theIturning-plughandle when the turning plug isturned on and the camplate thus moved from the position shown in Fig. 7tothe position shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings. The spur f is thenturned back of the end of. the handle to hold the said handle with theturning plug upon the catch of thelever engaging with the notch of thedetent-cam to hold it securely in said position against the action ofthe spiral spring of the handle; When the float is raised by the liquidrising within the receiving vessel the catch-lever will be disengagedfrom the notch of the detent-cam and the turning-plug handle and turningplug will beturnedby the spring unqil the turning plug is shut off.

I claim as myinvention and desire to secure by LettersPatent In anautomatic faucet, a casing, a turning plug contained therein, aspring-actuated handle secured to and projecting from the turning plug,a depending projection carried by the outer free end of the handle, apost projecting upwardly from the casing, ahorizontallyarranged catchpivotally secured upon the upper end thereof and having a limitedrotative movement, a float, a lever actuated thereby when the float islowered to normally hold the catch in itsrot-ated position in onedirection and a projection extending upwardly from .the catch againstwhich the projection upon the turning-plug handle abutsagainst thetension of the spring, for holding the handle inparallel alinement withthe casing and consequently the turning plug in an open position,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN EASKER.

Witnesses:

J. S. ANDERSON, EMMA WEINGARTLE.

